Is there any one instrument that can be said to be particularly well suited to developing an ear for pitch? I overheard someone say that in this regard the violin is better than the piano, as it is fretless and able to produce a continuous range of tones. (The person saying that was a voice teacher, speaking to his students. He also added that for a voice student the piano was still the single most useful instrument -- excepting, of course their vocal chords -- but if they wanted to add a second instrument they should seriously consider violin for that reason.) Is that a widely held view, or was it just a pet theory of that voice teacher?
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